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Helen B. Pustel

Helen B. Pustel

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Helen Pustel, born in Brooklyn, New York, was admitted to the New York bar in 2008 and the New Jersey bar in 2009. She received her J.D. degree from New York Law School in 2007, where she received awards for participation in moot court (Regional Quarter-Finalist 2005 National Appellate Advocacy Competition and Quarter-Finalist 2005 Charles W. Froessel Moot Court Competition, among others). She received a B.A. degree from Binghamton University cum laude in 2004, where she earned Dean’s List distinction for the years 2001 through 2004.

Ms. Pustel’s practice includes the defense of clients with respect to labor and employment law matters as well as representation of domestic and international manufacturers and other interests in commercial litigation. Her employment practice includes all aspects of litigation, including discovery, dispositive motion practice and employment arbitrations, as well as non-litigation compliance counseling such as seminars for human resource professionals regarding federal employment law. Her commercial litigation experience includes participation in securities arbitrations, in particular arbitrations arising out of the broker-dealer relationship.

Ms. Pustel is admitted to practice before all of the courts of the States of New York and New Jersey, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey.

Areas of Practice

  • Labor and Employment
  • General Commercial
  • Personal Injury Defense

Litigation Percentage

  • 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

  • New York, 2008
  • New Jersey, 2009
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 2009
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 2009

Education

  • New York Law School, New York, New York
    • J.D. - 2007
  • Binghamton University, School of Arts and Sciences, Vestal, New York, U.S.A
    • B.A. (Cum Laude) - 2004

Honors and Awards

  • Executive Editor, N.Y.Law School Moot Court Ass'n, 2006 - 2007
  • Regional Quarter-Finalist, 2005 National Appellate Advocacy Competition, 2005 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • New York City Bar Association, Member, 2008 - 2009

Past Employment Positions

  • Martin Clearwater & Bell, LLP, Associate, 2007 - 2009
  • N.Y. Law School Securities Arbitration Clinic, Associate, 2006 - 2007

Languages

  • Russian

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